Happy Family

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

• Identify the members living together in a family.

• Understand caring and sharing and the role played by the

family members.

• Identify resemblances within the family members.

It was Sunday. Razia came to Rani’s house to play. Razia looked at their family
photograph on the wall. She asked Rani who they were. Rani introduced the members
of her family to Razia.

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Rani: This is my family photograph. This is my grandfather and grandmother in the
centre. You can see my father standing on the left of my grandfather and my mother
standing on the right of my grandmother. That is my brother Chintu. And this is our pet
dog Tommy.
Razia: Oh! Nice to know about your family.
Rani: What about your family?
Razia: In my family, we are three of us. My father Rasool, my mother Haseena and I.

We all live with our families. A family consists of grandfather, grandmother, father,
mother, brothers and sisters(siblings). We have few or all of these members in our
family
• Who all are there in your family?

Let us Write

• My father’s name is--------------------------.

• My mother’s name is--------------------------------.
• I have -----------( number) brother and ------ sister.
• My grandfather name is ------------.
• My grandmother name is -------------.
• There are ---------------------------members in my family. (Number)

Draw your family picture.

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Role of family members
This is Geetha’s house. Observe the picture given below and mention the work they all
are doing.

Geetha’s mother is cooking. Her father is chopping wood. Her grandfather is watering
the plants and her grandmother is drying the clothes. Geetha is brining water and her
brother is sweeping outside the house.
Everyone in the family shares the work and helps one another.
• Who does cooking and cleaning in your house?
• What work does your father do?
• Do you help your family member?
• What kind of work do you do?
• Name the things that are done by you and the family members together?

Discuss:
Fill the table with the particulars.
Ask any six of your classmates about the kind of work their parents do? What
work is done in a combined way by all the family members?
Fill the table with the information collected.
S.No Name of the friend Work done by Work done by Work done by

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 mother father all the
members
together

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2
3
4
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• What kinds of works are generally done by most of the mothers?

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• What kinds of works are done by most of the fathers?

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• What kinds of works are done by all the family members together?

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Observe the pictures of people doing different kinds of works in a village.

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Mother and father help to keep our house clean. Do you know who cleans our school
and village?
Have you seen anyone cleaning the roads?
Next time when you see anyone cleaning the road or clearing the garbage, say ‘Thank
you’ because they help us in keeping our roads and villages clean.

Activity
Try to do some of these things at your home and notice how the members of your family
react.

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 Draw a Happy smiley if they are Happy, and draw a Sad face
if they are unhappy:

Parents are

When I

Give a cup of tea to my grandparents.

Spill food while eating.
Help my brother/sister do his/her
homework.
Don’t wake up in the morning to
study.
Help in cleaning the house.
Do not wish the guests.
Fold the bedsheets after waking up.
Speak in English.

Each family has different traditions and habit.

Kavitha: Hi! I am Kavitha. My mother, my father, my sister and I, remove slippers and
place it in its place before we enter our house.
Ramesh: Hi! I am Ramesh. My father and my mother bow to my grandparents
before leaving the house.

Kamala: I am Kamala. We all in our family plant a tree on our birthdays.

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John: Hi! I am John. We say our prayers before eating food.
Do you have any particular practice in your family?

Let us check
If you agree show a thumbs up sign, if you don’t agree show a
thumbs down sign.
• When I enter the classroom, I leave my slippers outside.
• When I go for mid-day meals, I go in a line.
• I keep my classroom neat and clean.
• I trim my nails once in a week.
• I comb my hair daily.
• I wear washed clothes daily.

Whom do you look like?

Usually, people in a family are similar, the way they look and behave.
Read the following narration.
Radha: Hi I am Radha. Everyone says that I look like my grandmother.
Kamala: I am Kamala. My nose is like that of my father’s.
Zakeer: I am Zakeer. My father is tall like my grandmother.
Some features like skin colour (brown, dark, fair), height (tall, medium, short) are
parental characters that pass on from parents to children.
Sometimes there are similarities in the behaviour of children and other members of a
family. You may walk like your uncle. You may write with your left hand like your father.
• Do faces of all the people look alike?
Observe the faces of Kishore, Satish, Rahim and Dilip. Do you find any differences in
their faces? Is there anyone whose face looks like the one given in the pictures below?
Observe and mention their names in the space provided.

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Why do my sister and I look different and the same?
No two people look alike. Everyone of us is different and unique. We just resemble our
family members in our outward appearance. We resemble our family members in
height, colour and size.
Hence, hereafter we should not tease or bully our friends or others for their appearance.
Let us treat everyone with love and respect.
Let us Write:
Ask your parents and other members of your family whom they look-like and note down
in the given table.

S.No Family Member Whom they resemble

1 Father Looks like my grandmother.

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3
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Rani said, “We live together. We work together. We eat and play together. We share
and take part in the household work. Ours is a happy family.”

Key words:
Family, Grandparents, Siblings, Pet, Resemblance, Professions.

What we have learnt:

• We live in a family.
• A family consists of grandparents, parents, siblings and pets.
• Every member of the family has a different role to play.
• We get love, care and support from our family
• All professions should be respected
• Villages have people doing different kinds of work.
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 • The right place of children is in the school and not the work place.
All children should go to school.
• We resemble someone in our family.

Improve Your Learning

Conceptual Understanding
1. What is a family? How many members are there in your family?
2. Do you have any pet animals? Name them?
3. Whom do you love the most in your family? Why?

Drawing and Model making:

Draw a family photo. (Ball and Stick photos).

Ask a Question:
You went to your friend’s house. You want to know the best practices of their family.
What type of questions will you ask your friend and their family?

Information skills – Project Work

Which of these works are done by your family members together? Tick at proper places.
Name of Mother Father Myself Brother Sister Grand Grand
the work Father Mother
Cleaning
the house
Cooking

Fetching
Water

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Washing
Clothes
Agricultural
work
Bringing
Vegetables
Bringing
Provisions
from shop
Earning
money

Appreciation:Reena loves her pet and her Rose plant very much. She takes care of
them and spends time with them.
Do you also do similar things? Please share with the class.